SOUTH WATERBORO

Historical Society’s chili, chowder contest Saturday

Judging for the sixth annual Chili, Chowda & Apple Dessert Contest sponsored by the Waterborough Historical Society starts at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Grange Hall, 31 West Road.

The judging will be followed by a public tasting at 5 p.m.

Winners will be announced and prizes awarded in all three categories at 6 p.m.

Area cooks, professional and amateur, are invited to enter a favorite dish at no charge.

Contest food will be accepted between 4 and 4:30. Chilis and chowders must arrive hot in crockpots. For details, call Dianne Holden at 247-5926.

RAYMOND

Church to hold service for blessing of backpacks

Area parents and their children who are in prekindergarten through grade six are invited to the annual blessing of the backpacks from 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the Raymond Village Community Church at Raymond Center.

The service is an opportunity for people to donate school supplies for the education kits the church assembles to distribute to impoverished communities in the United States and abroad.

Families who attend are encouraged to buy school items for the project such as pencils, erasers, spiral-bound notebooks, rulers and blunt-nosed scissors.

Children bring their donations of school supplies forward in their backpacks during the service.

For more information about the service, call the church at 655-7749 or e-mail at office@rvccme.org.

STANDISH

Antique appraisal day being held Saturday at church

An antique appraisal day featuring Bruce Buxton will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Standish Congregational Church, 25 Oak Hill Road.

Bring items and receive a written estimate. The cost is $10 per item or three items for $25. There will be a snack bar.

For details, call Esther at 892-3076 or Betty at 787-3070

BRUNSWICK

‘Heavenly Sound’ event to benefit bracelet project

Brunswick United Methodist Church will host “Heavenly Sound,” a multi-genre Christian music experience featuring contemporary worship and Celtic and traditional music for all ages, at 7 p.m. Friday at 320 Church Road.

The event is to raise funds for individuals who have difficulties finding their voice. Money raised will directly benefit the “Life Saver Bracelet Project” that provides law enforcement and first responders with a much quicker way to locate “wanderers” suffering from cognitive disabilities such as Down syndrome, autism, Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Project organizers have raised $7,000 this year. The group is focused on raising funds to buy bracelets for those who cannot afford them.

The bracelet or anklet has a radio chip that sends a signal to the equipment at the police department that helps locate the person.

Donations may be made directly to “Project Lifesaver International” with “Brunswick, ME” in the memo line.

To learn more, visit www.projectlifesaver.org, or contact Samantha McDorr, smcdorr@hotmail.com.

Civil War lecture focuses on Gen. George Thomas

The next Chamberlain Civil War Roundtable lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Curtis Memorial Library’s Morrell Room, 23 Pleasant St.

Speaker Dave Decker will talk on the “Life and Career of Gen. George Thomas.”

Lectures are free and open to the public. For details, call Al Prest at 443-2296.

BUXTON

Flea market to benefit Bonny Eagle scholarship fund

A Bonny Eagle flea market to benefit the BEHS Scholarship Fund will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bonny Eagle Middle School parking lot, Routes 22 and 35.

Table spaces are available at $15 per spot or five for $50. To reserve a spot, call Karen at 692-2989.

SCARBOROUGH

Alzheimer’s group offers early-stage programs

The Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, has several early-stage social engagement programs for the weeks of Sept. 8 and 15.

The Outdoors Club will sponsor a Fore River Sanctuary nature walk Wednesday.

And the Discovery Days series will sponsor “Armchair Explorer: Maine’s Island Trails,” a PowerPoint presentation, on Sept. 17.

Both outings are open to individual’s diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias, and their care partners.

Advance registration for all programs is required with more details given at sign-up.

To register, or for further information about early-stage programming or other Alzheimer’s Association services, call Bill Kirkpatrick at 772-0115 or email bkirkpatrick@alz.org or visit www.alz.org.

Bank hosts annual shredding for food pantry fund drive

Saco & Biddeford Savings will host its annual free shredding event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at its 41 Gorham Road branch.

Community members and businesses are encouraged to join the fight against identity theft by bringing up to two boxes of documents for safe and confidential shredding.

Shredding will be provided by Without A Trace.

Attendees are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items to donate. SBSI staff will collect food and cash donations for the Scarborough Food Pantry.

Bring a cash or food donation and receive a free gift while supplies last.

THOMASTON

Historical society sets talk on early chimneys, fireplaces

The Thomaston Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 80 Knox St.

Guest speaker Richard Irons, a professional masonry contractor and consultant who has expertise in historical reproductions, will speak on “Construction of Early Chimneys and Fireplaces.”

The program is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served. For details, call Eve Anderson at 354-8835.

GORHAM

Woman’s club hosts talk for Seeds of Peace, YES Program

The Gorham Woman’s Club will host guest speaker Deborah Bicknell at 12:30 p.m. Thursday for its Seeds of Peace and the YES Program at the First Congregational Church on School Street.

Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to attend.

PHIPPSBURG

Audubon group sponsors Morse Mountain field trip

Merrymeeting Audubon will sponsor a field trip to Morse Mountain and Seawall Beach from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, meeting at the Morse Mountain Conservation Area at Morse Mountain Road.

The Conservation Area is a great spot for watching the fall migration of raptors, warblers and other songbirds.

The hike is two miles each way on a partially paved road. There are hills to get to the peak, but then the rest is mostly downhill to the beach. For more details, email Stella Walsh at stellawalsh@earthlink.net.

LIVERMORE

Living history center hosts annual pie and arts benefit

The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center will host its fifth annual Autumn Pie & Arts Benefit from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday with mansion tours, a Victorian fashion show, concerts and pie sale at 290 Norlands Road.

New this year is a student poster display and a print craft activity for children.

Admission is $5 for adults and free for ages 12 and younger. All proceeds benefit the living history center’s programs. For more details, call 897-4366 or go to www.norlands.org.

CAMDEN

Library announces list of programs for week

The Camden Public Library will host the following programs this week:

• “A Paradigm for Healing,” presented by Margaret Rauenhorst as part of its monthly Wellness Brown Bag Lunch at noon Monday.

• “Grown-up Show & Tell” will be offered at 7 p.m. Tuesday, led by Meghan Vigeant. Bring an object and share the story behind it. Things such as photos, letters, souvenirs, cards, newspaper clippings or anything that means something to you. Each person will have five minutes to show and tell his story.

• “Micronesia,” an illustrated history and slide talk by Paul Marshall, will be at 7 p.m. Thursday.

All events will be held in the facility at 55 Main St. For more details, call Ken Gross at 236-3440.

Center to host talk on effect of climate change on species

Ecologist Ethel Wilkerson will lead a presentation to assess the effects of climate change on Maine species at noon Tuesday at Merryspring Nature Center, 30 Conway Road.

Wilkerson will identify many of these species, discussing what determines their resilience or vulnerability, and the current efforts being made to prepare them for changes in climate.

Admission to the talk is free to Merryspring members and children, with a $5 fee for nonmembers. For more details, call Merryspring at 236-2239 or email info@merryspring.org.

BRIDGTON

Hunger action groups show ‘A Place at the Table’

As part of Hunger Action Month, Preble Street Maine Hunger Initiative and the Lakes Region Hunger Action Committee will host a free screening of the documentary “A Place at the Table” at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Magic Lantern Theater, 9 Depot St.

The film shines a light on food insecurity in the United States through the real-life stories of three people who don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

For more information, call Preble Street Maine Hunger Initiative at 775-0026.

PORTLAND

Robbie Foundation annual fun 5K scheduled Saturday

The Robbie Foundation is holding its second annual “5K Run, Walk, Wheels and Kids Fun Run” Saturday morning at Back Cove.

Registration is from 6:45 to 8:25 a.m. with the race getting underway at 8:30 a.m. at Payson Park. Participants and children in wheelchairs and other adaptive equipment are welcome.

The Robbie Foundation provides adaptive equipment, therapy treatments and other services not covered by insurance to children with special needs in Maine.

For more details, call Lynn Gierie at 229-1807 or go to www.robbiefoundation.com.

Teen Center hosting first in series of writing workshops

The Teen Center at Portland Public Library will host the first installment of its new series “First Person Squared: A Teen Writing Workshop,” from 3:45 to 5 p.m. Thursday at 5 Monument Square.

This four-session writing course for teens ages 13 to 19 will explore the basics, challenges and joys of inhabiting a character by employing techniques such as interviewing, direct observation and creative narration. This workshop is limited to 12 students and registration is encouraged. The sessions will be held on four consecutive Thursdays through Oct. 2 in the teen area.

To register, call Dave Kiersh at 871-1700 Ext 772.

YARMOUTH

History center hosts talk on trial of lawmaker, mistress

The Yarmouth History Center is hosting a talk by history professor Elizabeth De Wolfe at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 118 East Elm St.

De Wolfe will present “The Congressman, the Mistress and the Girl Spy: Scandal and Secrets in the Gilded Age.”

This talk explores the 1894 trial that pitted a U.S. congressman against his longtime mistress, who sued him for failure to make good on his promise of marriage, and of the Maine connection in the person of a girl hired to befriend the mistress and gain her secrets.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served before the discussion. Admission is free to members and $5 for nonmembers. For more details, call 846-6259 or go to www.yarmouthmehistory.org.

WISCASSET

Lea Wait will introduce her new book at library event

Author Lea Wait will introduce her newest book, “Shadows on a Marine Christmas,” the sixth in a series of Antique Print mystery books, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Wiscasset Public Library at 21 High St.

A question and answer period will follow. Refreshments will be served. For more details, call 882-7161.

YORK

Memoir writer to speak on ‘Our Stories, Our Lives’

Memoir writer and former journalist Thatcher Freund will speak on “Our Stories, Our Lives” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road.

Freund will talk about the importance of stories in our lives and why it matters that we preserve them.

For more details, call 363-2818 or email Kim Erickson Myers at kemyers@york.lib.me.us.

York flower show scheduled Thursday through Saturday

The “Mount Agamenticus to Nubble Light: Celebrating York” flower show will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the York Public Library at 15 Long Sands Road.

There will be floral exhibits, including displays of vegetables, fruits, perennials and shrubs, and flower arrangements by members of The Garden Club Federation of Maine and special exhibits by York businesses.

For details, call 363-2818.

WELLS

Wells Reserve schedules several programs this week

Wells Reserve is offering a full slate of programs for all ages at the campus at 342 Laudholm Road.

• Explore a real laboratory and the ecology of a salt marsh in the program “Meet the Scientists: Salt Marsh Geology,” from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday.

• Kayak on the Little River Estuary from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday. The paddle is open to ages 12 and up. Cost is $50 and $40.

• Two sessions of the Sandy Dialogues will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, with attendees discovering how coastal communities can prepare for storm-related disasters.

• Take a tour of coastal properties in Saco, Wells and Ogunquit with New Jersey officials who experienced Superstorm Sandy to discuss how the areas could be made more resistant to flooding, erosion and extreme weather events.

The tour is from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $20 and includes lunch. Registration is required for all programs. To register or for more details, call 646-1555 or go to www.wellsreserve.org.

KENNEBUNKPORT

Library to host a book sale with food, farmers market

The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library will host its Giant Book Sale Blowout from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, at 18 Maine St.

Food and Farmers Market vendors will be on site. All proceeds will go to fund library programs. For more details, call 967-2778 or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

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